Extremely exciting news for our club with the recent announcement that Coach Paul Telfer is taking over as Director of Coaching. Coach Telfer is in his second season as an assistant coach with the new NASL Indy Eleven Soccer team and lives in Carmel with his wife and two children. Telfer made over 300 league appearances in the English Premier League with Coventry City and Southampton and two season’s with Scottish powerhouse Celtic FC where he competed in Champions League play. Read Full Announcement Here I have had the pleasure of being around Coach Paul some on the soccer field and his thoughts and approach to the game have me really excited. With 20 years in Europe as a player and more as a coach for both professional teams and youth teams in Europe, Paul has forgotten more about soccer than I know. His attention to detail and a desire to develop our player’s fundamentals are what have me most thrilled. Keeping with the Carmel FC theme – that PLAYER DEVELOPMENT is more important than winning is one thing that I really think will help the club as we enter our 7th year. “If we can teach the kids at a young age to play the game properly, with good balance and good control that’s what will take our players and the club to the next level,” Coach Paul says. “We have to teach the fundamentals over and over and over again before we start worrying about winning or losing games.” I know that has always been my approach to coaching – winning is nice – but enjoying the sport and training players who can have a chance to make the High School teams and further their career in soccer has always been my measuring board. Having a DOC like Coach Paul, that will help cement that belief and assist us coaches and parents to better train and help our kids reach that goal, has me really excited!
Indy 11 Asst Coach Paul Telfer becomes new DOC.Here’s Paul Telfer playing for Celtic FC in a Champions League Game.
A fabulous week in World Soccer News – my precious Juventus (the old lady of Italian football) is on to the Finals of The Champions League vs Barcelona on June 6th. Juve has one of the world’s best goalies ever in Gigi Buffon, one of the best central defenders ever in Chelini, and one of the better mids in Pirlo (now combined they are over 100 years old) but its great to see Juve pushing on to the finals for the first time in over a decade. Of course Barcelona with the World’s best player ever- Messi and a devastating frontline of Suarez, Messi and Neymar is going to be favored. But it’s a great run for Juve and you never know – great thing about world football!
Indy Eleven News
The Indy Eleven are back home Sat Night, May 16 vs Minnesota at 7:30 pm and its Carmel FC night at the Mike. There are still tickets available if you want to get your own and join us down there. A couple of our teams will play on the field at 5 pm Pre-game and then be in the fun zone at 6 pm.
Carmel FC Enjoys Indy 11 Night at the Mike, League Season’s Wrap-up,
The Old Ballcoach – May 21, 2015 — So Carmel FC had over 150 kids and parentson hand Sat Night, May 14 at the Indy 11 game. After a spirited game on the field with the U9 and U11 girls teams battling it out, the group took in the game from behind the Indy 11 goal. The exciting match ended in a 3-1 loss for the Boys in Blue – but the boys and girls on hand from Carmel FC had a blast.
the U 11 and U 9 Carmel FC Girls at Indy 11 night May 16, 2015
Check out more pics on Carmel FC’s facebook pagewww.facebook.com/carmelfchq. Thanks to the Indy 11, the CFC coaches and team Mgr extraordinaire Lisa Martin for all her work organizing the event. Don’t Forget tryout’s for Carmel FC U10 and under is Tues, June 2 and U11-U18 Tryouts are June 8 + 9. VisitCFC Tryouts for more details and to register.
On to World Soccer News, so the league season’s are wrapping up for theEPL,Spain’s La Liga,Italy’s Serie A,Germany’s Bundesliga and France’sLigue 1 overseas this weekend. This season is rather anti-climatic as the winners of each league have already celebrated and only a few relegation and 1 champions league spot is up for grabs this weekend. It reminds me while we may have some things messed up in the US with sports – our Playoffs in Hoops, Hockey, Football and Baseball trump the alternative in World Soccer. I love relegation with the top 2 or 3 teams from the lower leagues replacing the bottom 2 or 3 teams in say the EPL or Serie A. Imagine – the Timberwolves or Knicks not trying to lose to get draft picks but fighting for their lives to be allowed to stay in the NBA and not be replaced by a 2nd division squad from Rochester. However, with NO championships being decided on this the last weekend of league play imagine if the top 4 teams in each Euro League went into a 2 game playoff starting next week. You could cut the league season’s back by 2 weeks/games and really have some excitement among the top teams in each division with a simple 4 team playoff to decide the Champions of each league. Now it might interfere with the FA Cup or Copa Del Rey a little but seriously those are almost always one-sided affairs anyway. Something for the top Soccer Leagues in the World to think about as we get ready for Ladies World Cup, U-20 World Cup and Men’s Gold Cup play this summer. Good Luck to everyone trying out the first 2 weeks of June in Indiana. (click on the links below for soccer stories from around the world)
10:00 a.m., NBC and Telemundo: Hull City vs. Manchester United 10:00 a.m., NBCSN and NBC Universo: Chelsea vs. Sunderland 10:00 a.m., USA Network: Newcastle United vs. West Ham United 10:00 a.m., CNBC: Everton vs. Tottenham Hotspur 10:00 a.m., MSNBC: Manchester City vs. Southampton 10:00 a.m., Syfy: Stoke City vs. Liverpool 10:00 a.m., Bravo: Arsenal vs. West Bromwich Albion 10:00 a.m., E!: Crystal Palace vs. Swansea City 10:00 a.m., Esquire: Aston Villa vs. Burnley 10:00 a.m., Oxygen: Leicester City vs. Queens Park Rangers
5:00 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes) MLS: New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union, 7:00 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes) MLS: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Orlando City,
Wednesday, May 27
Europa League Finals 2:45 pm, Fox Sports 1 Sevilla vs Dnipro Dnipro
7 pm ESPN 2 Toronto vs Manchester City
Saturday, May 30
English FA CUP Finals 12 noon Fox Sports 1 Aston Villa vs Arsenal
Spain Copa Del Rey Finals 3 pm beIn Sports Barcelona vs Athletic Club
International friendly 4:30 p.m., ESPN: United States women vs. South Korea (at Red Bull Arena,)
7:30 pm TV8 Indy 11 vs Tampa Bay Rowdies
Friday, June 5
International friendly 2:30 pm, ESPN: Netherlands vs. United States men
Saturday, June 6
UEFA Champions League (FINALS)
2:45 p.m., Fox : Barcelona vs. Real Madrid
Monday, June 8
WORLD CUP 7:30 p.m., Fox: United States women vs. Australia
Wednesday, June 10
International friendly
Time TBD, Fox Sports 1 and UniMás: Germany vs. United States men (Cologne, Germany)
Friday, June 12
WORLD CUP 8 p.m., Fox: United States women vs. Sweden
Tuesday, June 16
WORLD CUP 8 p.m., Fox: United States women vs. Nigeria
Friday, July 3
International friendly
6:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 and UniMás: United States men vs. Guatemala (Nashville, Tenn.)
UPCOMING US GAMES
DATE:OPPONENT:RESULT/TV:
· Saturday, May 30: US U-20s vs Myanmar 12:01 am U-20 World Cup- Fox Sports 1
Saturday, May 30: US Women vs Korea 4:30 pm ESPN
Tuesday, June 2 : US U-20s vs New Zealand 3 AM U-20 World Cup – Fox Sports 1
Fri June 5 : US U-20s vs Ukraine 3 AM U-20 World Cup – Fox Sports 1
Friday, Jun 5: USMNT vs Netherlands 2:30 PM ESPN, UniMas, UDN
Mon, Jun 8 US Women vs Australia – 7:30 pm WORLD CUP – Fox Sports
Wednesday, Jun 10: USMNT vs Germany 2:45 PM Fox Sports 1, UniMas, UDN
Fri, Jun 12 US Women vs Sweden – 8 pm WORLD CUP – Fox Sports
Tues, Jun 16 US Women vs Nigeria – 8 pm WORLD CUP – Fox Sports
Friday, Jul 3: USMNT vs Guatemala 6:30 PM Fox Sports 1, UniMas, UDN
Tuesday, Jul 7: USMNT vs Honduras 9:30 PM Gold Cup Frisco, Texas Fox Sports 1,
Friday, Jul 10: USMNT vs Haiti 8:30 PM Gold Cup Foxborough Fox Sports 1, UniMas
Monday, Jul 13: USMNT vs Panama9:30 PM Gold Cup Kansas City Fox Sports 1,
Soccer Camps – Boys and Girls -Ages 6 – 14
Post2Post Soccer Camp CFC and Carmel High Coach Carla Baker – former National Team Goalie for Canada will run her annual GK camp June 1-4 9 am to 3 pm $190 each @ Badger Field
Indy 11 Soccer Camp June 8-11 — 9 am till 12 noon Ages 5-14 $135 @ Badger Fields
Post2Post Soccer Camp Former Pittsburgh Head Coach Sue-Moy Chin and Former Iowa Coach Carla Baker run their annual field player camp for players of all abilities July 27-30 — 9 am to 3 pm $190 each @ Badger
Goal2Gol Soccer Camp CHS Men’s Head Coach Shane Schmidt, a former U-20 US National Team player, runs his annual camp from 9 am to 2 pm July 13-17. $150 before 6/30 @ River Road Fields.
Coach Shane Best
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